i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par In my distress I have cried out unto Jehovah, and He heard me.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par I lift up my eyes from hill to hill. From where does my help come?

i1 [A Song of Ascents of David.] i0 par I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of Jehovah.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.

i1 [A Song of Ascents of David.] i0 par Unless it had been Jehovah who was for us, let Israel now say:

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, which is not shaken, but remains forever.

Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

i1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.] i0 par Lord, You have been gracious to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the Word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Who is there among you of all His people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah the God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem.

Then the heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had aroused to go up and build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem,

King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods;

This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty- nine knives,

All the articles of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar took with the captives who were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem.

And Jehovah returned what had been taken captive from Job when he prayed for his friends. Indeed Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the recesses of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; a great company shall return there.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it on distant shores; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, when I return the captives of My people.

For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I bring back again the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

If I had called and He answered me, I would not believe that He had heard the voice of my prayer.

And when they heard that He lives and was seen by her, they did not believe.

And their words seemed to them like idle nonsense, and they did not believe them.

But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, Have you any food here?

So he went out and followed Him, and did not know that what was done through the Angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

And when she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate.

But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.